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Thursday, May 28, 2015

A Missed Opportunity in Cynthia DeFelice's FORT

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The L.A. Times  released their Summer Reading Guide earlier today. I glanced at the Kids list. I'm thrilled to see Engle's Enchante...
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Monday, May 25, 2015

An Inclusive Summer Reading 2015 List for Kids and Young Adults

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Early in 2015, Edith Campbell invited a handful of colleagues who share a passion for children, literacy, and diversity to work with her on...
Thursday, May 07, 2015

Indian-as-spirit in SMEK FOR PRESIDENT by Adam Rex

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Earlier this year, I did an analysis of the Native content in Adam Rex's The True Meaning of Smekday . I found the ways that Rex used Na...
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Wednesday, May 06, 2015

AICL's Best Books of 2015

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In December of 2014, I made a list of books that I'd recommended in 2014 . It was a list of books that were published in that year. Th...
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Tuesday, May 05, 2015

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF CRAZY HORSE by Joseph Marshall III

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Joseph Marshall III is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) tribe. Born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux reservation, he ...
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Saturday, May 02, 2015

Richard Van Camp's THE BLUE RAVEN

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New this year (2015) is Richard Van Camp's graphic novel,  The Blue Raven. Illustrated by Steven Keewatin Sanderson, the story is about ...
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HUNTERS OF CHAOS by Crystal Velasquez

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Anytime someone writes a book--yes, even a work of fiction--that gets basic facts about Native people wrong, it is going to get a 'not r...
Wednesday, April 29, 2015

emily m. danforth's THE MISEDUCATION OF CAMERON POST

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emily m. danforth's The Miseducation of Cameron Post made quite a splash when it was published in 2012. Published by Balzar + Bray (an i...
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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Native American Representation in Children's Literature: Challenging the People of the Past Narrative, by Julie Stivers

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Eds Note: Today, AICL is pleased to share a study done by  Julie Stivers , a graduate student at UNC-Chapel Hill, School of Library and Info...
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Sunday, April 26, 2015

Children's Books that Mock Native Names Pave the Way for Adam Sandler's Satire

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On Thursday (April 23, 2015), Vince Shilling , writing at Indian Country Today , broke a news story that was quickly picked up by social med...
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Thursday, April 23, 2015

Daniel Jose Older's SHADOWSHAPER

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Last year I read Daniel Jose Older's excellent essay in Buzzfeed Books. Titled " Diversity is Not Enough: Race, Power, Publishing ,...
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Willa Strayhorn's THE WAY WE BARED OUR SOULS

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Willa Strayhorn's The Way We Bared Our Souls opens with a deeply problematic scene. The characters in the story are inside a "cerem...
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